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We have a feeling you ladies know a thing about getting fired up for a cause, but would you ever get so behind a organization that you'd do something huge—maybe even permanent? Like, oh, tattoo-level permanent? Earlier this week, Richard Pérez-Peña wrote in the New York Times about the growing network of college activists joining together to help victims of sexual assault on campuses at Occidental College, Amherst College, and the University of North Carolina who, miffed by the lack of support from their schools, have created a groups for victims. At UNC, two student have filed a Title IX complaint with their university, citing the groundbreaking legal provision against sex-based discrimination in their case. Here's where their dedication gets real: These same two-girls even had "IX" tattooed on their feet! This—to borrow a phrase from Carrie Bradshaw—got us to thinking: Are there other women who are so invested in a mission, they want it forever represented on their bodies? What we found was amazing: Celebrity activist Suzanne Africa Engo is hugely involved in the Red campaign and promoting HIV/AIDs awareness. She has an amfAR tattoo too! Pink ribbons for breast cancer support are not uncommon; Stephanie Tamez, a tattoo read more